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August 24, 2012Special Deadline

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October 5, 2012Earlybird Deadline

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November 16, 2012Regular Deadline

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December 28, 2012Late Deadline

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February 8, 2013WAB Extended Deadline

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NOTIFICATION DATE
Approximately 12-Apr-2013

RUNTIME
Shorts: maximum 30 minutes

COMPLETION DATEProjects completed after 01-Jan-2010

PLACE OF ORIGIN Projects may originate from anywhere in the world

PREMIERE STATUS
No premiere requirement

DISTRIBUTION STATUS
Projects may have distribution

SUBMISSION COPY FORMATS

Online

Secure Online Screener

SUBMISSION COPY LANGUAGES

Subtitled

Dubbed

Dialog List

English

OTHER

EXHIBITION FORMATS

DVD Video

NTSC

PAL

SECAM

DVD

REGION 0

REGION 1

BLU-RAY

REGION 0

EXHIBITION LANGUAGES

Subtitled

Dubbed

Dialog List

English

OTHER

PRESSKIT REQUIREMENTSDo not submit a press kit.

PRIZES & AWARDS
This category is a competition.

Audience AwardTrophy presented at Awards Night Ceremony 1 per Category (Narratives, Documentaries, Shorts) with prize package from our sponsors including Write Brothers, Showbiz Store & Cafe and Inktip.comValue of Goods/Services: 620 U.S. Dollar
This prize is shared with other categories.

Jury AwardTrophy presented at Awards Night Ceremony 1 per Category (Narratives, Documentaries, Shorts) with prize package from our sponsors including Write Brothers, Showbiz Store & Cafe and Inktip.comValue of Goods/Services: 620 U.S. Dollar
This prize is shared with other categories.

Best Student Short FilmTrophy presented at Awards Night Ceremony 1 per Category (Narratives, Documentaries, Shorts) with prize package from our sponsors including Write Brothers, Showbiz Store & Cafe and Inktip.comValue of Goods/Services: 620 U.S. Dollar
This prize is shared with other categories.

CATEGORY RULES
Short Narratives must be works of fiction in any genre with a run time of under 30 minutes.

Do not attach labels directly to your disc as they can negatively effect our DVD players.

Even if you are submitting to a United 6 or United 3 Package, please only send ONE COPY of your DVD. We take on the responsibility of distributing your film to the various programmers for each festival and hope this helps with the time and expense of submitting to multiple festivals.

If you have entered a United 3 or 6 package, you may choose to submit to all festivals in your package through Withoutabox. Currently, all festivals are separate listings.To apply for a United 3 or United 6 Package on Withoutabox:1. Submit your film in the first city you would like to be considered in and pay for the entire package in that city. 2. Then, for all the other cities in your package, go through the process of submitting to each listing as normal, and when prompted for payment, utilize a waiver code so that you do not incur any more fees. 3. The waiver code is simply the name of your package deal (United 3 OR United 6). Under the box marked ‘Reason’ provide the Withoutabox tracking number of the festival to which you originally submitted. See the example below: Waiver Code: United 3Reason: NY-1234-SHO

Submitters to United 3 packages can also email us directly with their three desired festivals at: info@theunitedfest.com.